Kazu Hiro

Career Overview

Kazu Hiro has 45 screen credits in a career dating back to 1989. Their work spans 16 cinematic universes — most prominently The Ring with 2 titles. Signature works include Digger, Angels & Demons, Men in Black II. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Costume & Make-Up

Gender

male

Known Credits

45

Birth Date

1969-05-26

Birth Place

Kyoto, Japan

Known For

• 

  Digger
• 

  Angels & Demons
• 

  Men in Black II
• 

  Enchanted
• 

  Click
• 

  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 16 universes

• The Ring (2 titles)
• Men in Black (2 titles)
• Total Recall (1 titles)
• Tron (1 titles)
• G.I. Joe (1 titles)
• G.I. Joe (Live-Action) Collection (1 titles)
• Transformers (1 titles)
• Robert Langdon (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Christopher Karl Johnson (2 collaborations)
• Shannon Watson (2 collaborations)
• Angelina McCoy (2 collaborations)
• Spencer Kayden (2 collaborations)
• Tom Cruise (1 collaborations)
• Riz Ahmed (1 collaborations)
• John Goodman (1 collaborations)
• Sandra Hüller (1 collaborations)
• Michael Stuhlbarg (1 collaborations)
• Jesse Plemons (1 collaborations)

Credits

• costume & make-up (40 credits)

  • Digger

    prosthetic designer

    costume & make-up
    2026
  • The Smashing Machine

    prosthetic designer

    costume & make-up
    2025
  • Maestro

    prosthetic designer

    costume & make-up
    2023
  • Bombshell

    prosthetic designer

    costume & make-up
    2019
  • Darkest Hour

    prosthetic makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2017
  • The Place Beyond the Pines

    prosthetic makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2013
  • Looper

    prosthetic designer

    costume & make-up
    2012
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2012
  • Total Recall

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2012
  • Killing Them Softly

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    2012
  • Just Go with It

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2011
  • TRON: Legacy

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2010
  • Salt

    prosthetic designer

    costume & make-up
    2010
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    2009
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2009
  • Angels & Demons

    prosthetic makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2009
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2008
  • Tropic Thunder

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2008
  • You Don't Mess with the Zohan

    special effects key makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2008
  • Enchanted

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2007
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2007
  • Norbit

    prosthetic supervisor

    costume & make-up
    2007
  • Click

    prosthetic supervisor

    costume & make-up
    2006
  • The Ring Two

    makeup effects designer

    costume & make-up
    2005
  • Cursed

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    2005
  • Hellboy

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    2004
  • The Haunted Mansion

    prosthetic designer

    costume & make-up
    2003
  • Intolerable Cruelty

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2003
  • The Ring

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    2002
  • Men in Black II

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2002
  • Planet of the Apes

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    2001
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    2000
  • Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    2000
  • Wild Wild West

    makeup designer

    costume & make-up
    1999
  • Life

    key makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1999
  • Critical Care

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1997
  • Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1992
  • Zëiram

    makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1991
  • Rhapsody in August

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1991
  • Hiruko the Goblin

    special effects makeup artist

    costume & make-up
    1991

• art (3 credits)

  • The Shape of Water

    sculptor

    art
    2017
  • The Ring

    sculptor

    art
    2002
  • Men in Black

    sculptor

    art
    1997

• actors (1 credits)

  • The Human Face

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017

• crew (1 credits)

  • Sweet Home

    makeup effects

    crew
    1989